Tom Quinn
Articles by Tom Quinn
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North America
California's Mormons split over gay vote
- 29 October 2008
- 62 comments
A bid to ban gay marriage in California has divided the Mormon Church in two - one side favouring a conservative vision the other backing equal rights
Religion
Hanging with Umbanda
- 14 July 2008
- 12 comments
Things that bump and grind in the night. Tom Quinn travels to Portugal to gain first hand experience of the voodoo-esque religion of Umbanda which has its roots in Brazil, Africa and Catholicism
Society
One man on a rock
- 02 July 2008
- 2 comments
The curious tale of Stuart Hill who has declared his remote island in the Shetlands to be independent of the United Kingdom - much to the irritation of his local MP
Religion
Mormons and gay marriage
- 25 June 2008
- 55 comments
According to Mormon doctrine, homosexual is not a noun but rather an adjective to be applied to either actions or feelings. Therefore there are no homosexuals...
UK Politics
Tories to overhaul lotto
- 24 June 2008
- 2 comments
A Conservative government would overhaul the way lotto funds are distributed, Shadow Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt tells newstatesman.com
Religion
The Missionary Position
- 19 June 2008
- 7 comments
Tom Quinn finishes his series on Mormonism with a treatise on the most visible aspect of the faith: the shirt-and-tie clad missionaries who always seem interrupt dinner, naps and important phone calls.
Religion
The blessed gift of organisation
- 18 June 2008
- 5 comments
Tom Quinn, the New Statesman's token Mormon, explains the organization of the LDS Church in the third installment of this four-part series
Religion
Mormonism 101
- 17 June 2008
- 17 comments
Tom Quinn continues his series on the LDS Church by discussing some of his faith's most basic-and often controversial-points of doctrine.
Religion
Honest to blog! It's the Mormons
- 16 June 2008
- 23 comments
Tom Quinn, a Mormon born and raised in the LDS stronghold of Salt Lake City, provides a brief secular history of the "other" Christian religion
Music
Interview: Jah Wobble
- 13 June 2008
Clean and sober for 22 years, Wobble's life bears an uncanny resemblance to one of his classic dub tracks. He's stripped away the distractions that nearly derailed his career-and his life-in the 80's
